Date

November 11-15, 2002

Place

Hakone Seminor House

845 Sengoku-bara, Hakone, Ashigara-shimo-gun, Kanagawa, JAPAN

Sponsorship

Information Processing Society of Japan

Co-sponsorship

Computer Shogi Association

Computer Go Forum

Friday, November 15

13:00-14:30

1-1. Comparison of the Opening Strategies of Go: PON Based vs. Case Based (L)

Morihiko Tajima, Noriaki Sanechika (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)

1-2. Research of Probabilistric Territory Estimation using Local Rules (L)

Hiroyuki Nagayoshi, Masaru Todoroki, Atsuyuki Suzuki (University of Tokyo)

1-3. The Study of Tsume-go Program Using Neural Networks (L)

Nobusuke Sasaki (Hiroshima Prefectural University)

14:50-15:50

RoboCup Simulation League

I. Noda (AIST)

16:10-17:30

2-1. Pattern Selection Problem for Automatically Generating Evaluation Functions for General Game Player (L)

Tomoyuki Kaneko, Kazunori Yamaguchi, Satoru Kawai (University of Tokyo)

2-2. A Neural Network for Evaluating King Danger in Shogi (S)

Reijer Grimbergen (Saga University)

2-3. The Effects of the Opponent Model on Playing Game (L)

Takeshi Ito (University of Electro-Communications)

Saturday, November 16

9:00-10:20

3-1. Game-Tree Search with Flexible Control and Its Application to Generate 'Syoubu-te' (L)

Tomoshi Otsuki, Kazuyuki Aihara (University of Tokyo)

3-2. A Speculative Play in Shogi Endgame (L)

Yoichiro Kajihara, Tsuyoshi Hasimoto, Hiroyuki Iida (Shizuoka University)

3-3. 3-Hirn System: The First Results in Shogi (S)

Fazrina binti Said, Tsuyoshi Hashimoto, Makoto Sakuta and Hiroyuki Iida (Shizuoka University)

10:40-12:00

4-1. Effect of ProbCut in Shogi - by Changing Parameters According to Position Category - (S)

Kazutomo Shibahara, Nobuo Inui, Yoshiyuki Kotani (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)

4-2. Application of Realization Probability Search for Any Games - a case study using Lines of Action - (L)

Tsuyoshi Hashimoto, Jun Nagashima, Makoto Sakuta, Jos Uiterwijk, Hiroyuki Iida (Shizuoka University)

4-3. Realization-Probability Search in Computer Shogi (L)

Masahumi Taketoshi, Tsuyoshi Hashimoto, Yoichiro Kajihara, Jun Nagashima, Hiroyuki Iida (Shizuoka University)

13:00-13:50

5-1. A Pairing System and Its Effectiveness in the World Computer Shogi Championships (S)

Takenobu Takizawa (Waseda University), Yoshikazu Kakinoki (Shogi Programmer)

5-2. A proposal of tournament system verification by the simulation - a case study using the World Computer Shogi Championship - (L)

Tsuyoshi Hashimoto, Jun Nagashima, Hiroyuki Iida (Shizuoka University)

14:10-15:30

6-1. Game Tree Search for Ranking in Multiplayer Games (L)

Tomoaki Goto, Nobuo Inui, Yoshiyuki Kotani (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)

6-2. Evaluation of Attacking and Placing Strategies in a Classic Battleship Game without Considering Opponent Models (L)

Makoto Sakuta, Hiroyuki Iida (Shizuoka University)

6-3. Building Endgame Database for Amazons (L)

Shunsuke Soeda, Tetsuro Tanaka (University of Tokyo)

15:50-17:10

P-1. Fusion Method for Designing Computer-Based Learning Game

Takanobu Umetsu, Tsukasa Hirashima, Akira Takeuchi (Kyushu Institute of Technology)

P-2. NP-hardness of Square Breaker Puzzle

Tetsuro Tanaka (University of Tokyo)

P-3. NP-hardness of Word Chain Games

Tetsuro Tanaka (University of Tokyo)

P-4. Learning of Shogi evaluation function by a neural network

Ryu Kon, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Takafumi Ohori, Kazuhisa Watanabe (Hokkaido Institute of Technology)

P-5. Automatic Generation of Moving Rule of Agents by Hill-Climbing

Mari Kuroki, Nobuo Inui, Yoshiyuki Kotani (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)

P-6. Measurement of Played Move Frequency Categorized based on Board in Professional Players' Records

Keita Matsumoto, Nobuo Inui, Yoshiyuki Kotani (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)

Sunday, November 17

9:00-10:30

7-1. Cube Numbers Puzzle is solved (L)

Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Yoshiyuki Kotani (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)

7-2. Solving, Difficulties, Making of Number Place Puzzle (L)

Nobuo Inui, Yoshiyuki Kotani (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)

7-3. Consideration in search for the solution of Superpuzz (L)

Toshio Shintani, Hiroyuki Miyake (Fukuyama University)

10:50-11:50

Chips Challenging Champions

Hiroyuki Iida (Shizuoka University)

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